By a 5-4 vote in the case of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, the Supreme Court ruled this morning that the federal government cannot require "closely held corporations"—businesses owned by a small group of people—to follow the Affordable Care Act's mandate that employee health plans cover contraceptives if the use of contraceptives violates company owners' religious beliefs.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dissenting opinion was joined by Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, and Elena Kagan, though Kagan and Breyer filed a separate opinion disagreeing with a specific point of Ginsburg's interpretation. The Hobby Lobby decisions are available in full here.

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